Brachypodium firmifolium
Species of grass
| Brachypodium firmifolium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Brachypodium |
| Species: | B. firmifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachypodium firmifolium H.Lindb. | |
Brachypodium firmifolium is a yellowish or glaucous-green perennial grass with slender erect or decumbent culms up to 45 cm high. Flowering: June–July.[1]
Habitat
Igneous mountainsides, usually in damp shaded grounds by streams and cataracts, sometimes in open forest or meadows at 1000–1700 m altitude.
Distribution
Endemic to Cyprus, locally common in the Troödos area.
References
- ^ Cyprus Flora in Colour the Endemics, V. Pantelas, T. Papachristophorou, P. Christodoulou, July 1993, ISBN 9963-7931-0-X
External links and further reading
- "Brachypodium firmifolium H.Lindb. — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
- Scholz, Hildemar (2007). "On the Identity of Brachypodium firmifolium (Poaceae) from Cyprus". Willdenowia. 37 (1): 215–220. doi:10.3372/wi.37.37111. JSTOR 20371341.
- "Brachypodium firmifolium H.Lindb". e-monocot.org. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
